François RUDE

François RUDE  (1784-1855) Renowned for having carried out La Marseillaise, one of the four high-reliefs of the Arc de Triomphe on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris (1836), François Rude's work is particularly noteworthy for his innovative insight in the field of sculpture, which was in full revival during the first half of the 19th…

PRINCE PAUL TROUBETZKOY

PRINCE PAUL TROUBETZKOY  (1866-1938) Coming from one of the most renowned princely dynasties of ancient Russia, (though born in Italy to an American mother), Troubetzkoy (his real name being Highness Prince Pavel Petrovitc Troubetskoy) was related to eminent familiesof the imperial aristocracy. His parents used to entertain the representatives of the scapigliatura (Grandi, Ranzoni, Cremona)…

Joseph-Charles MARIN

Joseph-Charles MARIN (1759-1834) It is easy to trace the young sculptor's first years of training. More than ten regulatory re-enrolments, until 1786, tell us he regularly attended the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Joseph-Charles Marin first registered as a sculptor on March 31, 1778, at the age of nineteen, under the protection of…